Press Release Today, October 15th, 2021, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) joins other national statistical offices across the region in observing Caribbean Statistics Day. This marks the 13th Anniversary of this event, which is being celebrated under the theme, ‘Leave No One Behind…Everyone Counts!’. In the context of the upcoming Population and Housing Census…
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) CARLA N. BARNETT PhD CBE ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRTEENTH OBSERVANCE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY 15 OCTOBER 2021 It is my pleasure to extend greetings on the thirteenth observance of Caribbean Statistics Day (CSD) on 15 October 2021. The theme for this year is “Leave…
Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that, as of August 2021, the All-Items CPI, which summarizes all categories of goods and services, stood at 104.5, up from 100.6 in August 2020. The country experienced an overall national inflation rate of 3.9 percent, reflecting that, on…
Good day, I am Diana Castillo-Trejo, Acting Director-General of the Statistical Institute of Belize. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the SIB will be conducting a Population and Housing Census in May 2022. As you may be aware, the Census was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Census is…
The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) is now accepting applications for employment in the 2022 Population and Housing Census. The Census is the most extensive data collection activity undertaken by a country, and it requires a considerable amount of human resources to execute it. Consequently, the SIB will be hiring almost 1,000 persons to work…
Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and the 2nd quarter of 2021 gross domestic product. Consumer Price Index The most recent figures from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey show that, as of July 2021, the All-Items CPI…
Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that, as of June 2021, the All-Items CPI, which summarizes all categories of goods and services, stood at 103.5, up from 100.5 in June 2020. The country experienced an overall national inflation rate of three percent, reflecting the fact…
Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the Consumer Price Index, External Trade, 1st Quarter 2021 Gross Domestic Product, April 2021 Labor Force Survey, and the 2018 Poverty Analysis Main Findings. Consumer Price Index In May 2021, Belizean households saw the cost of regularly purchased goods and services rise by…
Consumer Price Index For the month of April 2021, the All-Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 103, an increase from the 100.5 recorded for April 2020. This reflected a national inflation rate of 2.5 percent for the month and indicated that, on average, prices for items comprising the basket of goods and services commonly…
Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that, as of March 2021, the All-Items CPI, which summarizes all categories of goods and services, stood at 102, up from 100.5 in March 2020. The country experienced an overall national inflation rate of 1.5 percent, reflecting the fact…
